Spool-holder



(No Model.)

G?- N. GROSS.

SPOO-L HOLDER. No. 363,728. Patented May 24, 1887.,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE N. CROSS, OF NORWICH, -CONNECTICUT.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,728, dated May 24, 1887.

Application filed March 19, 1887. Serial No. 231,510. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE N. CRoss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwich, New London county, Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool- Holders, which improvements are fully set forth and described in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my preferred form of holder. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 represent, respectively, front, end, and top views of said holder with a spool secured therein. Fig. 5 shows a modification of the spool-bearings, in which sheet metal is substituted for the solid bearings shown in the .preceding figures.

My improvements relate, in general, to spoolholders, and in particular to that class by which a single spool may be suspended from or on the clothing of the operator, (within' easy reach,) so that stated lengths of thread may be detached as needed; or the thread may be drawn from the spool continuously, as in the case of crocheting and knitting.

My purpose is to provide aspool-support of simple construction and slight cost which may be attached to a button, and of such shape that the spool when in service is held from contact with the clothing. My particular construction also furnishes sufficient friction to prevent the spool from rotating too freely in its bearings when in use.

Said spoolholder may be briefly described as of spring-wire bent to form a loop to clasp a button and an eye to guide the thread, and being provided, also, withbearings to receive the spool.

Referring to the drawings, Figs. 1 to 4 (both inclusive) illustrate a spool-holder of my preferred construction. The wire,which forms the principal element of my device, is bent, as at a, forming a loop which may be quickly slipped downward over a button to support the complete holder. the loop portion a said wire is bent at right angles, but in the same plane as the loop, and is then bent outward in a horizontal plane, as at b b. Section b is again bent at a right angle, and its end formed with an eye, 0, at a point about midway of the length of the spool. Secured to the portions b b are disks d having studs 6 projecting inward to form bearings on which the spool may rotate. Disks d are here shown as formed with studs ceive the wires b b,- but any other suitable manner of fastening the disks to the wires as, forinstance, by soldering-may be utilized.

The wire used is preferably spring-brass, which may be easily sprung apart to receive sufficient friction to prevent the thread from being drawn off too rapidly.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a spool-bearing punched and struck up from sheet metal, and intended to be used in place of that first above described. Said plate has a depressed center, 6, forming the bearing proper, and ears or n, which may be bent to clasp the wire b.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- .The spool-holder herein described, consisting of a wire frame having parallel arms b b, with inwardly-projecting spool-bearings secured thereto, substantially as described, one side of said wire frame being formed as a loop, a, in a plane at a right angle to arms b b, to engage a button, one of said arms being also extended and bent to a position opposite loop a, and twisted, as specified, to form an eye to guide the thread.

GEORGE N. GROSS. WVitnesses:

FRANK H. ALLEN, MARY G. GRoss.

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